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The Harry S. Truman Little White House in Key West, Florida was the winter White House for President Harry S. Truman for 175 days during 11 visits. The house is located in the Truman Annex neighborhood of Old Town, Key West .
The spot was originally marked with sign, shown here in 1972. Before the concrete buoy there was a wooden sign that noted the southern point at this spot. [7] The old wood sign as of 1970 only said "The Southernmost Point, of Southernmost City, Key West Fla." [8] By 1982 this had changed to "The Southernmost Point, In USA, Key West Fla". [9]
The first keeper, Michael Mabrity, died in 1832, and his widow, Barbara, became the lighthouse keeper, serving for 32 years.The Great Havana Hurricane of 1846 destroyed the lighthouse; the USS Morris, which was wrecked during the storm, reported "a white sand beach covers the spot where Key West Lighthouse stood".
Key West is closer to Havana (about 106 miles or 171 kilometers by air or sea) [8] than it is to Miami (130 miles or 210 kilometers by air or 165 miles or 266 kilometers by road). [7] Key West is the usual endpoint for marathon swims from Cuba, including Diana Nyad's 2013 swim [33] [34] and Susie Maroney's 1997 swim from within a shark cage. [35]
The Key West Historic District (also known as Old Town of the City of Key West) is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on March 11, 1971) located in Key West, Florida. It encompasses approximately 4,000 acres (16 km 2 ), bounded by White, Angela, Windsor, Passover, Thomas and Whitehead Streets, and the Gulf of Mexico .
Sand Key Light is a lighthouse 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) southwest of Key West, Florida, between Sand Key Channel and Rock Key Channel, two of the channels into Key West, on a reef intermittently covered by sand. [2] [3] [4] At times the key has been substantial enough to have trees, and in 1900 nine to twelve thousand terns nested on ...
Key West is known for a lot of things: it’s the southernmost city in the contiguous United States, stunning turquoise blue water, and it’s been home to notable people like Ernest Hemingway ...
Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Key West, Florida" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .